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<strong>Passiflora</strong> megacoriacea<br />

Description <strong>of</strong> <strong>Passiflora</strong> megacoriacea<br />

16. <strong>Passiflora</strong> megacoriacea K. Porter-Utley. Sp. nov. TYPE: COSTA RICA,<br />

Limon, bluff above mouth <strong>of</strong> river at Moin, about 7 km N <strong>of</strong> Limon, sunny clay<br />

bank along road, 9 Aug. 1980, J.M. MacDougal 1204 (holotype: DUKE!;<br />

isotypes: C!, CAS!).<br />

<strong>Passiflora</strong> scandens; stipulae 0.4-0.7 mm latae; petioli in parte proximali<br />

biglandulosi; folia peltata glandulosa bilobata vel obscure ad distincte trilobata,<br />

lobis centralibus obtusis ad acutis, lobis lateralibus acutis vel raro acuminatis,<br />

marginibus integris; pedunculi ebracteatis vel raro unibracteatis, stipites florum<br />

1.7-5.7 mm longi; petala nulla; sepala 10.0-20.5 mm longa, viridiflava; filamenta<br />

coronae 2-seriata, filamentis exterioribus linearibus, 6.8-14.0 mm longis, pro<br />

parte maxima viridiflavis, ad apicem flavidis, interdum ad basim purpureis,<br />

filamentis interioribus capitatis, 2.3-5.6 mm longis, pro parte maxima viridiflavis,<br />

ad apicem flavidis, interdum ad basim purpureis; operculum plicatum;<br />

androgynophorum 4.1-10.0 mm longum; ovarium glabrum; fructus ellipsoidei;<br />

semina 4.9-5.1 mm longi, 3.0-3.1 mm lata, retifoveata.<br />

Slender, climbing, perennial vine 2-4 m long or more, sometimes trailing on<br />

ground, sparsely pubescent with unicellular curved trichomes on petiole, leaf and<br />

stem, 0.2-0.4 mm long, 0.02-0.03 mm wide, also minutely antrorsely appressed-

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